R. K. Narayan

Indian novelist, who wrote a number of English language works; best known for his novels set in fictional Malgudi.

Born 1906, died 2001.

R K Narayan
The Guardian's obituary for "India's greatest writer, illuminating the human condition through small-town life.".
R K Narayan, India's Prolific Storyteller
The author's obituary in The New York Times.
Reluctant Centenarian
On the occasion of the centenary of his birth, an article in The Hindu assesses the first modern Indian writer in English to make a full-time career out of literature.